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Marlowe goes on (film: Marlowe – Neil Jordan, 2022)

Posted on March 18, 2026 by admin

What do Humphrey Boggart, Robert Mitchum, George Sanders and Liam Neeson have in common? They have all won Academy Awards. Something else? They have all played Philip Marlowe on screen. Marlowe is one of those characters who has long since … Continue reading →

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a study in vice (Film: The Gambler – Mark Wahlberg, 2014)

Posted on February 24, 2018 by admin

The vice of gambling inspired quite a number of literary and cinematographic works, starting maybe with Dostoevsky’s novel which shares the name with the films that inspired it until the almost masterpiece movie “House of Games” written and directed by … Continue reading →

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